OurHome.NYC, a new a free, easy-to-use data mapping and visualization tool from the Measure of America program, depicts the relationship between health, as measured by life expectancy, and housing across more than 300 New York City Housing Authority developments.

CFP | The Transregional Collaboratory on the Indian Ocean invites proposals for planning grants to develop collaborative research projects that explore the effects of political, economic, and social processes in contexts of climate and environmental change in and across Indian Ocean countries (deadline: May 8).

“Layered Metropolis,” the latest essay series from the SSRC blog Items, shows the multifaceted dynamics of cities through a glimpse into the research of SSRC fellows from across our programs, representing a wide range of disciplines, research approaches, historical moments, and geographies

SSRC president Alondra Nelson has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Council is a proud sponsor for the 2020 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS), bringing together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and beginning faculty interested in computational social science for one to two weeks of intensive study and collaborative research that challenges disciplinary boundaries.

The SSRC welcomes the University of California, Irvine, to the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences, a consortium of higher education partners providing annual financial support to enhance the infrastructure of social science research, catalyze interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration, and support scholars and scholarship